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document.write( "In the line y = 2x - 5,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the slope is 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perpendicular slope is -1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(4,-2) , m = -1/2  {point and slope}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - y1 = m(x - x1) {point-slope form}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - (-2) = (-1/2)(x - 4) {substituted point and slope into point-slope form}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y + 2 = (-1/2)x + 2 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-1/2)x {subtracted 2 from each side}<BR>\n" );
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